Posting this from my HTPC; had a few power surges last night that tripped some breakers and of course I am so mad at myself, mine was the only one not hibernating or powered off. TL;DR- Where should I start with testing my components?

@Munki

Remember me talking about a virus last night, I wonder if it just wasn't ready to pop.....

THe PCI bus gets its power from the +5V on the PSU and if the PSU's flux capacitor has malfunctioned then more amps will be flowing into the main hub of the usb/pci circut. This will instantly make your CPU think that the inductors around the LAN chip are creating too much gain to fill in the gaps along with the north bridge changing the memory multi to over 9000.

Don't worry about the lan chip and flux capacitor. They are getting cooled via enzotech mosfet sinks! Best $10 I could had spent. Oh its working again, needed reset on the surge strip and a reseat of the cm212+

3Dmark06 10712 single card and no oc, 12071 with cpu @ 2.8ghz and card oced, 13877 with crossfire.

This may sound stupid but it worked for my asus board after a power outage, after i experianced the same problems. I took everything apart and I put my motherboard in the dishwasher with no soap and ran it on duty cycle. I had to zip tie the board cause i didnt want it to fly around. After that was done I let it sit for a few hours. I hooked everything back up and what do you know it worked. I think the dishwaser removed some static that was probebly running thorugh the board.

This may sound stupid but it worked for my asus board after a power outage, after i experianced the same problems. I took everything apart and I put my motherboard in the dishwasher with no soap and ran it on duty cycle. I had to zip tie the board cause i didnt want it to fly around. After that was done I let it sit for a few hours. I hooked everything back up and what do you know it worked. I think the dishwaser removed some static that was probebly running thorugh the board.

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OMG I forgot about this! The water molecules trap excess power and the forces the board to reset the hibernation lock!! GENIUS!!! I was hoping that the max multi would dissipate long enough for this reset. Also once this process has happened, you will need to clean the PS/2 connectors for extra power residue. Then be prepared for the final challenge..... The clothes dryer!